Legal Opinion
United States v. Cardascia
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 5, 1991No. Nos. 108-112, Dockets 90-1541, 90-1721, 91-1037, 91-1039 and 91-1040PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
This appeal reveals delineated plans in which different individuals in their haste to get rich committed numerous frauds and misapplied bank funds. Appellants are swindlers who created sham schemes and the bank officers who received commissions under-the-table for loaning the bank’s money to them. In doing so they proved the truth of Samuel Johnson’s dictum: “Avarice is a uniform vice ... to the fav-our of the covetous there is a ready way, bring money and nothing is denied.” S. Johnson, The History of Rasselas, XXXIX (Oxford Univ. Press). Appellants’ greed blinded…
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